How To Install Geeqie on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Geeqie on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Geeqie is a free open software image viewer and organizer program for Linux. It is designed with several features including thumbnail view, zoom, and filtering options. Geeqie also supports external editors.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the Geeqie lightweight image viewer on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint or elementary OS.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Geeqie on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa

Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running the following apt commands in the terminal.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2. Installing Geeqie on Ubuntu 20.04.

By default, Geeqie is available on Ubuntu 20.04 base repository. Now run the following command below to install the latest Geeqie to your Ubuntu system:

sudo apt install geeqie

Step 3. Accessing Geeqie on Ubuntu.

Once successfully installed, run the following path on your desktop to open the path: Activities -> Show Applications -> Geeqie or launching it through the terminal with the command shown below:

geeqie

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Geeqie. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the Geeqie image manager and viewer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Geeqie website.